UK National Homebrew Competition
Thanks to all who participated in the UK National Homebrew Competition.
There were 330 entries judged and 297 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Richard Williams | Smells Lagery | 5C: German Helles Exportbier | Bedford Homebrewers |
| 2nd | Laura Braid | Octoberness | 6A: Märzen | |
| 3rd | Robert Ingoldby | Nuremberg Hefeweizen | 10A: Weissbier | |
| HM | Carl Barrett
Co-Brewer: Serenna Barrett Nate Barrett | Good To Be Black | 16D: Foreign Extra Stout | |
Winning Entries
Sour and wild (21 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Sean O'Toole | Mas Que Nada | LSX4: Catharina Sour | Midland Craft Brewers |
| 2nd | Barry Long | Uisce Bretta | 28A: Brett Beer | Wee County Brewers |
| 3rd | Mark Sanderson | Checkpoint Charlie | 23A: Berliner Weisse | London Amateur Brewers |
American IPA (17 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Rick Woolliss | Left To My Own Devices | 21A: American IPA | Twickenham Boars |
| 2nd | Dale Charlesworth | It's A Snake Spider | 21A: American IPA | |
| 3rd | Dom Anthony | Flipper | 21A: American IPA | Anglian Craft Brewers |
Specialty IPA (23 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Euan Woodman | Euan Woodman | 21C: Hazy IPA | Homebrew Collab (Bristol) |
| 2nd | Owen Puckett | White Wizard Walking | 21B6: White IPA | Butchers Hook Brewclub |
| 3rd | Mathias Borjesson | Null & Void | 21B2: Black IPA | |
British and Irish beer (19 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Mark Sanderson | Bluto's Beard | 13C: English Porter | London Amateur Brewers |
| 2nd | Rich Humphrey | Obsidian | 13C: English Porter | Norwich Amateur Brewers |
| 3rd | Luke Russell | Red Cortina | 15A: Irish Red Ale | London Amateur Brewers |
| HM | Bojan Grdinic
Co-Brewer: Monika Merlin Grdinic | Leftover RIS | 13A: Dark Mild | |
British and Irish stout (14 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Carl Barrett
Co-Brewer: Serenna Barrett Nate Barrett | Good To Be Black | 16D: Foreign Extra Stout | |
| 2nd | Richard Williams | Hokum Stout | 16B: Oatmeal Stout | Bedford Homebrewers |
| 3rd | Tomislav Gmajnic | Kitzstout | 15C: Irish Extra Stout | |
Porter and stout (31 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Malcolm Newton | Poduszkowiec Pełen Węgorzy (Hovercraft Full Of Eels) | 9C: Baltic Porter | Midland Craft Brewers |
| 2nd | Tom Neale | Still Only Counts As One | 20C: Imperial Stout | |
| 3rd | Matt Hazley | Copenhagen Suborbitals | 9C: Baltic Porter | Homebrew Collab (Bristol) |
| HM | Ian Siviter | Are You Experienced? | 20B: American Stout | Hertford Brew Club |
Strong British ale (21 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Jerry Pringle | Old Napper | 17D: English Barley Wine | Reading Amateur Brewers |
| 2nd | Paddy Gunn | Paddys Old Ale | 17B: Old Ale | Wee County Brewers (Ireland) |
| 3rd | Ian Benfell | Old Geoffers | 17B: Old Ale | Barnsley Homebrew Club |
Pale American Ale (19 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Rick Woolliss | Order Of Business | 18B: American Pale Ale | Twickenham Boars |
| 2nd | Richard Williams | The Beer Formerly Known As... | 18B: American Pale Ale | Bedford Homebrewers |
| 3rd | Mathias Borjesson | Raw Citra | 18B: American Pale Ale | |
| HM | Lucas Stolarczyk | Expert Patrols | 18B: American Pale Ale | London Amateur Brewers |
American amber, brown and strong (18 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Jack Davison | Oh Eh Where Did All Barley Go | 22B: American Strong Ale | Norwich Amateur Brewers |
| 2nd | Ian Cosier | Cabin Fever | 22C: American Barleywine | London Amateur Brewers |
| 3rd | Tim Quinlan | Eddie's Red | 19A: American Amber Ale | Water Into Beer |
| HM | Robert Iafrati | Gardens Of Lorien | 19B: California Common | Homebrew Collab (Bristol) |
Wheat beer (13 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Robert Ingoldby | Nuremberg Hefeweizen | 10A: Weissbier | |
| 2nd | Laura Braid | Give A Hoot | 10C: Weizenbock | |
| 3rd | Stephen Green | At My Wit's End | 24A: Witbier | |
British Bitter (6 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Phill Turner | Horsmonden Strong Bitter | 11C: Strong Bitter | London Amateur Brewers |
| 2nd | Shane Van Der Westhuizen | Bitter Jessy | 11B: Best Bitter | |
Belgian and monastic (27 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Lee Immins | Ooldveek Tripel | 26C: Belgian Tripel | London Amateur Brewers |
| 2nd | Jacques Marais | Death's Quad | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | London Amateur Brewers |
| 3rd | Jonathan Ritson
Co-Brewer: Natalie Wall | Bridge Season | 25B: Saison | |
Pale Commonwealth Beer (17 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Alex Hall | Ale | 12A: British Golden Ale | Scottish Craft Brewers |
| 2nd | Jack Davison | Thorn In The Side | 12A: British Golden Ale | Norwich Amateur Brewers |
| 3rd | Richard Swindells | English Country Garden | 12C: English IPA | Anglian Craft Brewers |
Fruit and Spice (20 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Brett Harman | Don't Make Me Destroy You | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | |
| 2nd | Martin Ledson | Golden Sunrise | 29B: Fruit and Spice Beer | |
| 3rd | Laura Braid | Polar Shadow | 30B: Autumn Seasonal Beer | |
Historical, Wood and Specialty Beer (18 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Bojan Grdinic
Co-Brewer: Monika Merlin Grdinic | Beast Of Bourbon | 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | |
| 2nd | Richard Caldecott | Ciao Bella Birra | 34B: Mixed-Style Beer | Liverpool Homebrewers Club |
| 3rd | Phill Turner | Whitbread 1850 | 27A: Historical Beer | London Amateur Brewers |
Amber and malty lager (17 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Laura Braid | Octoberness | 6A: Märzen | |
| 2nd | Lucie Burton | Bat Out Of Helles | 4C: Helles Bock | Barnsley Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Paddy Fowler | Eisbach | 4A: Munich Helles | Scottish Craft Brewers |
Light / pale lager and cream ale (11 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Mathias Borjesson | Something In The Water | 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager | |
| 2nd | Matthew Scorer | Metamorphosis | 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager | Leicester Homebrew |
| 3rd | Anna Lamont | Lionn Lager | 2A: International Pale Lager | |
Dark lager and bock (7 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Rich Caller | Millerova Chyba | 3D: Czech Dark Lager | Manchester Homebrew |
| 2nd | Callum Bracher | Fade To Black | 3D: Czech Dark Lager | Scottish Craft Brewers |
| 3rd | Gareth Oakes | Welcome To The Dunkel | 8A: Munich Dunkel | Worcestershire HomeBrew Club |
Pils and exportbier (11 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Richard Williams | Smells Lagery | 5C: German Helles Exportbier | Bedford Homebrewers |
| 2nd | Richard Swindells | Grounds For Divorce | 5C: German Helles Exportbier | Anglian Craft Brewers |
| 3rd | Chris Burrows | Golden Robyn | LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner | Reading Amateur Brewers |